Keeping warm
By: Peter Riley
Series: Essential science; Essential science (London, England)
Publisher: Franklin Watts
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9780749664466
Subjects: Heat; Juvenile literature; Temperature
Description: How does heat move? Why do we sweat when we get hot? How does food help us to keep warm? This books answers these questions and more through factual information and practical investigation, diagrams and data to help interpret results and summaries of each topic.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Keeping warm; title: Heat and energy; title: Temperature; title: How heat moves; title: Conductors and insulators; title: Body heat; title: Sweating and shivering; title: Warm clothes; title: How animals keep warm; title: Keeping homes warm; title: The thermos flask; title: Keeping heat out; title: Can you remember the essentials?